Chapter 15:

“No … not right here especially… above in Canterlot,” huh so I was below ground… but where there be crystal caves here I thought. “ er… ok so you got told by Tia I would eventually be allowed to live normally… and you want me to live with you?” Whoa nelly calm down – I could feel schoolboy crush symptoms fly over my mind. Then she blushed – perhaps I was onto something, “yes in the castle perhaps we do enjoy your company… so we would like you to stay,” Luna finished not as confidently as a supposed moon goddess as you might expect there were emotions under her words it both confused me and made me happy being asked to stay like this.
“So could I still visit Ponyville? And other places?” Luna giggled at this lightening the mood “of course you wouldn’t be a servant or pet,” her smile was warm she really beamed “I…I’ll stay till further notice then,” sticking my tongue out a little Luna seemed to be happy at this.

“Oh this will be such fun a friend… who’s here all the time for sleep overs and other Fun activities!” the word friend had stuck me like a small shock – shoulda seen that one coming for sure. Of course a princess meant it as two friends would we had gotten close but not that close. So as I did before and will again no doubt; I place a smile upon my face and act like I never thought about the idea at all to be buried in my mind.

We chatted for a while longer before Luna had to get back to her responsibilities she bid me goodnight I leaned in to hug her she hugged me back I had hid my own vengeance for last night on the side of the sofa which while hugging her I planted on her – as she popped out of my living room I drew a breath and chuckled a princess would be watched with a piece of paper saying “pester me.”

The night was like all others no difference lest the noise and noticeable amount of ponies milling around my home, slowly I made my way to bed, sliding off my clothes I fell into the soft folds of my duvet and fell into a deep slumber.

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A cold wind swept me forward, I dare not to though, the uneasy feeling like a mirror with too many shadows the very sight of what was before me scared me but an invisible force pushed and pulled at my very heart I was dragged into the golden pool of light like a wall of water in front of my face… beyond there were people, tears, anger and the ravages of time. I saw what no one must ever see… their own tombstone… “ Dex Fury 1/6/1990 – 1/1/2014. Forever remembered by those he touched” I could feel they very world around me tear with my fear “no… no NO NO! I AM NOT DEAD!” shouting to the winds reality fell like sand around me I was buried like I was born on a sunny day I could see friends family and even people I didn’t really know stood around my hole in the ground – I watched in anger more hurt than fearful now, My world thought I had died? Where was the curiosity the demands to see proof or my death or charge into the unknown? Then I noticed it… a single person watching me in the crowd an unusual smile not sad, not happy alien… uncaring but curious it sent shivers down my spine. I looked to my mother stricken by grief as she cursed a man I did not know the world again fell to sand another was in it standing where the last had crumbled… I was stood at the center of a sphere shaped hole in the side of a hill, realization struck like a cobra, I was back home, looking upon the damage of my travels, hazmat and radiation warnings were surrounding the hole, the entire area was silent, no birds no animals of any kind could be heard I saw strange burns and holes surrounding the edge of the pit … I tried to walk towards it only to let the world move … around me, strange was the feeling I saw my hometown it looked like a nuclear strike outside this hole everything was brown and stricken of life I saw the shadows on the walls of some unfortunate souls who were walking past when I travelled… I felt electric something I wasn’t supposed to see to know even but here I was the sand fell again this time I didn’t recognize the place I saw many things at once, my family growing my friends married and grouping stronger together I felt happy and warm to know they were indeed ok, and by the looks of some of them doing amazing things with their lives I even saw the bad like some god testing film I was forced to watch the fall of the euro, the calamity of the world civil war the unification of nations. It felt like a final farewell and I felt at piece until I saw that same person… I wanted to say she was a she but too unkind were those eyes then darkness.

I woke myself in cold sweat my eyes sore red and wet I had done something I had not done in nearly 15 years… I had wet the bed… I sniffled sucking in the air greedily I had faced muggers with knives, stared into oblivion and death… none had made me react so fearfully as that dream and I do not even remember it being that scary.

I sucked in air… holding it then releasing it slowly I got out of the bed to do something but sleep without thinking I placed some type of clothing on and walked out into the bright lights sitting on the step unable to move I sat hugging myself as time passed.

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Eventually time progressed, relatively speaking ponies of sorts walked around keeping a wary eye on the alien sat adrift in thought on his steps, slowly mind caught up to body and the biped raised to a standing position before walking slowly back to the entrance of his abode.

I didn’t really open my eyes until I looked at the time, 3:09PM… I’d spent the majority of the day in mindless thoughts of that alien face within my mind the thoughts of different speeds of time and whether in the grand scheme… I actually mattered to anything at all. I picked up a cupcake and began to eat it I smiled it was so warm and fluffy the icing not too sweet or powdery it reminded me of my mothers victoria sponge and my dear friend Rebecca’s twisted raspberry fondant… memories of times forgotten of backing as a child and adult flooded back sweet fingers of batter when others weren’t looking the odd thing that went wrong as it often does and the smiles – smiles lead to smiles I saw my mother and thought of my dad who reminded me of the time we all smiled after a long night partying with my friends who reminded me of my closest friends laughing smiling happy thoughts.
I caught a smile upon my face and a half eaten cupcake in my hand… I could only guess how implausible it all was but perhaps Pinkie is as chaotic and mad as the one in the show!

I silently thanked her or whomever placed the smile inducing treat at my table, “you’re welcome” a high pitch voice replied “oops” with that what I thought to be part of my ceiling came down and ran out the door… “Pinkie?...” I stood as bemused as a deer in headlights before shrugging smiling and polishing off the cupcake.

Author's Note

Hello everyone / pony

sorry for the delay to updates I have been fantastically busy and it is soon my birthday so large parties ahoy!

anyways I actually had this dream minus the embarasing ending I thought it far too accurate to leave it alone - and I really don't ever remember my dreams either...

anyway enjoy

Dex